Help with absenteism

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moremoney said:
It's a daytime numer not an allday number.

If it was a 24 hr number don't you think i would have used it hours ago?
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I thought you may have used it during the daytime? That, quite frankly, is a **** poor excuse.

Childline and Samaritans are both 24 hour though, for her use.
 
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I am so confused by this thread. Please correct me if I have any of these facts wrong.

A child of 12 has not gone to school for a month. She is not spending the day on the street with truanting friends but is rather spending everyday in her room, on her own? (Are we sure of this - OP is someone else in the house during the day to verify?) The school has organised a meeting about it but has been very slow to act.

This just sounds odd for many reasons. In my school you could just call up and arrange a meeting with the headmaster for the next day - especially if it was something as important as this. Why hasn't this happened? :confused: Does she ever leave the house to meet up with friends at all as they would surely have an idea what was going on. If she doesn't go out at all then it sounds like depression/bullying.
 
moremoney said:
Someone has edited my posts on this page. I do not know how to save pages.

I would like to save and report this so can someone save for me please.
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No-one has edited your posts, unless they were incredibly quick about it (i.e. edited them faster than I can refresh the page). And I'm sure any moderator editing posts like this without notification or warning would be quickly relieved of their position.

Quit making excuses and trying for sympathy, and start taking your daughter's state seriously.

Although I'm having trouble taking you seriously.
 
12 is kind of young to be doing this but it's fairly common for older teenagers. I'd try completely (and I mean completely) ignoring it/her for a week and see it gives her time to actually think about what's she's doing, and maybe come clean if there is something wrong at school. Cook her meals and all the normal stuff just don't engage in much conversation, giving the cold shoulder where possible.

Sometimes an issue like this can become so entrenched that people just dig their heels in and loose sight of why they're actually behaving the way they are. Teenagers can be very stubborn, and I feel the shock of being ignored could bring her round. No one like’s to be marginalise, and she’ll eventually start to feel lonely and will want someone to confide in.
 
Stretch said:
12 is kind of young to be doing this but it's fairly common for older teenagers. I'd try completely (and I mean completely) ignoring it/her for a week and see it gives her time to actually think about what's she's doing, and maybe come clean if there is something wrong at school. Cook her meals and all the normal stuff just don't engage in much conversation, giving the cold shoulder where possible.

Sometimes an issue like this can become so entrenched that people just dig their heels in and loose sight of why they're actually behaving the way they are. Teenagers can be very stubborn, and I feel the shock of being ignored could bring her round. No one like’s to be marginalise, and she’ll eventually start to feel lonely and will want someone to confide in.
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I hope your not a parent.
 
TFleming said:
I hope your not a parent.
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I'm not a parent no, but I have three younger siblings, two much younger and I know how children (especially that age) think. I can tell you for sure that getting up and dragging your children kicking and screaming to school every morning wont work. By 12 they're too old, it's not a toddler’s paddy.
 
Stretch said:
I'm not a parent no, but I have three younger siblings, two much younger and I know how children (especially that age) think. I can tell you for sure that getting up and dragging your children kicking and screaming to school every morning wont work. By 12 they're too old, it's not a toddler’s paddy.
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This is so easy to say about people of all variaties, but we are all different, we all have different fears et,c it is all about understanding them.

You/we do not and never will understand those younger than ourselves, i am sorry to say.

But that does not mean we cannot find a connection of some sort.
 
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